Boy in a Red Waistcoat

On “Boy in a Red Waistcoat” by Cézanne.

Imagine:

Blue lines and mottled yellow planes,

A horned block of red capped in brown,

Framing the pale face and rouged cheeks

Of a boy. He stands still and blank,

Eyes unfocused, hand perched on hip, posed

Yet not posturing, neither there nor still

By choice. He waits for sitting’s end,

Running already, free and laughing

With friends across plains of yellow grass.